--- title: Ricky Gervais Derek: Watch Trailer for Netflix Special description: After two seasons on the show Derek, Ricky Gervais is bidding farewell to his role as a retirement home employee in a Netflix special. canonical: https://time.com/3759699/ricky-gervais-derek/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-26T14:29:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:28:04.194Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ricky Gervais Derek: Watch Trailer for Netflix Special og:description: After two seasons on the show Derek, Ricky Gervais is bidding farewell to his role as a retirement home employee in a Netflix special. og:url: https://time.com/3759699/ricky-gervais-derek/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ricky Gervais Derek: Watch Trailer for Netflix Special twitter:description: After two seasons on the show Derek, Ricky Gervais is bidding farewell to his role as a retirement home employee in a Netflix special. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ricky Gervais as _Derek_ in Trailer for Netflix Special  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 26, 2015 2:29 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 26, 2015 2:29 PM CUT After two seasons on the show _Derek,_ Ricky Gervais is bidding farewell to his role as a quirky retirement home employee in a Netflix special. “It always seems to be two series and a special. I did it with _The Office, Extras, Idiot Abroad_ and now _Derek_,” Gervais told [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/watch-trailer-ricky-gervais-derek-784510?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined"). “The way I write and the way I develop characters and the overall arc, that seems to be the optimum length for me.” The special, which has already aired in the United Kingdom, hits Netflix in the United States on April 3. **Read More:** [Here’s What’s Coming to Netflix in April](http://time.com/3749397/netflix-april-daredevil/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3759699/ricky-gervais-derek/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3759699/ricky-gervais-derek/"},"headline":"Watch Ricky Gervais as Derek in Trailer for Netflix Special","datePublished":"2015-03-26T14:29:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:28:04.194Z","description":"The British series ran for two full seasons","url":"https://time.com/3759699/ricky-gervais-derek/","keywords":["Television","Ricky Gervais"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3759699/ricky-gervais-derek/","name":"Watch Ricky Gervais as Derek in Trailer for Netflix Special"}}]}] ```